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Head coach · Purdue and 1 more · belt games 1922–1940

James Phelan

0Days with the belt
0Reigns started
0–0Defending it
0–4Challenging for it

Coached Purdue (1922–1923) and Washington (1932–1940) in seasons with a belt game. 4 belt games in all: 0 with the belt in hand, 4 trying to take it.

James Phelan was on a sideline for 4 belt games between 1922 and 1940, at Purdue and Washington, and never won the belt as a head coach.

He also coached four games with the belt on the other sideline and came away without it. The closest was 9–6 to USC on November 24, 1932.

Reigns

Started under this coach

Never won the belt as a head coach.

Every belt game

4 games, newest first

November 9, 1940 · Washington at Stanford 10–20 as challengerlostNovember 24, 1932 · Washington vs. USC 6–9 as challengerlostNovember 3, 1923 · Purdue at Notre Dame 7–34 as challengerlostOctober 21, 1922 · Purdue at Chicago 0–12 as challengerlost

Head coaches from the College Football Data API’s coaching records, matched by team and season. A reign counts for the coach in charge the season it began; a mid-season change isn’t split.